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Ermat_46
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Kindly stop spreading absolute BS. CR has nothing to do with the DDoS against those pirate sites last September. The rumor is that the attacks originated from Japan (rumor came from /a/, so that's how reliable it can get), some even theorize that it was due to Gamergate scandal. The DDoS was massive, I don't think CR has the capability to do that. |
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phia_one
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I didn't know about this until I saw the headline here.
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#829750
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Uhh... So you're cool with paying $60 for a season of anime that you might not even like? With streaming if you don't like it then you pick something else, with Dvd's you're pretty much stuck with it. To my knowledge Netflix did not have anime at the time. [EDIT: Please don't over-quote. Thanks. -TK] |
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RoverTX
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I worked at a place that got hit by anonymous. They would flood the server with organic requests, which ip they hit was basically by chance. We were in thier open IRC chat room and some random person would say `Hit x ip` and some people would hit x, while others would say 'no hit y' and they would go after y ip instead. There was no real leader, just a mob. The attack was so bad it shut down the colo and caused internet connection issues in that part of town. No difference between these DDOS morons and anarchists burning down a business.
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gloverrandal
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I read that DDoS attack against those sites was done by someone claiming to be Anti-GamerGate as a supplement to the whole [url=/hashtag/reclaimanimeavatars]#ReclaimAnimeAvatars[/url] movement that rose up with GamerGate since they noticed a lot of GamerGate supporters had anime avatars so they attacked anime websites to get back at those people. I don't think it had anything to do with CrunchyRoll, but I'm not sure why CR and ANN might be targetted. Targetting PSN and Xbox so all the people who got new systems couldn't play Call of Duty and stuff online makes sense, but I don't think CR and ANN going down for a few days would cause a public uproar, so maybe it's another party doing it. |
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One Time
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Hackers of the world unite!!!!!! They can attack our governments, our military, and our big business; but they can not have our ANIME. 
It is about time someone started targeting these stupid people that just do things to piss others off. I understand going after a country or doing something for money, but what are you really going to get for attacking an anime site? I'll tell you: a bunch of angry people (including other hackers). My friends in high school were all of the highest IQ people and the ones that had the skill to hack were the ones that got me into anime, so I know there is a good group of us that can stage a counter attack. |
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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Well I live in a world where I pay for the services and merchandise I want. So yea I was. And that's why you did research first on the shows. And yea, Netflix had anime back then. I got the dvds in the mail all the time. There was another service, forget the name, that was anime only but worked like Netflix. A bit more expensive but it was only anime. Back then companies also sent out lots of promo dvds with episodes and trailers etc. And if you didn't like the show there's always ebay to recoup some of the money. Try paying $25-$30 for a single vhs tape with 3-4 episodes on it. Cause that's what we did in the day when we didn't have other options. People complaining about box set prices for the most part never bought single dvds for a series, let alone vhs tapes. |
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Matriel
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Here's another good article, DDoS Attack Hits 400 Gbit/s, Breaks Record. It was written a while ago but is fairly descriptive in its explanation of how these reflection attacks work, and according to the article, DDoS protection seems to be CloudFlare's thing now. It always sucks when ANN is inaccessible due to one of CloudFlare's servers having issues, but I would rather have ANN be a client of CloudFlare and be protected than be a victim of these attacks. Don't know if Crunchy had DDoS protection in place (I would hope they had some sort of protection in place), but it really terrible they were successfully hit. |
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itachi06103570
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mdo7
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That's another possibility, but I doubt that. It's too well-coordinated and the attack are similar.
So Sankaku Complex is targeted too, huh? Another reason I don't think this is a copycat crime. |
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AnimeTenchou
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idk, it's been online here in the UK since I posted that it was, videos and all. Last edited by AnimeTenchou on Tue Dec 30, 2014 8:40 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Mizerous
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The site is back well the news section at least :/ |
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LilyChan
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i'm really sorry. 
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timothy.stewart.319
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I did a little digging around on the net, and I finally found a way to access Crunchyroll despite them being offline. Just use a proxy server! For Opera, Google Chrome, (and MAYBE Firefox), use BrowSec. You can find it in their respective web stores:
[Links removed] I hope that helps, you guys! Enjoy! [EDIT: Took out the links in the case of any legality issues arising. -TK] |
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Thrasher420
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Lizard squad and hackers like them are nothing but spoiled little mamas boys/girls who have no life. Try to do something more constructive with the talent you have. Grow up and move out of your parents basement.
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